ICE Interest Rates report
July 2025
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Interest Rate derivatives
The largest marketplace for U.K. and European interest rates futures and options including 3M Euribor, ECB Dated ESTR, 3M SONIA, MPC Dated SONIA, Long Gilts, Medium Gilts and SARON Futures.
Euribor Futures and Options
SONIA Futures and Options
SARON Futures
Long Gilt Futures and Options
ESTR Futures and Options
July highlights
ECB Dated ESTR Futures
- Record volume day at 33,513 (30th July)
- Record Open Interest (OI) at 5,750 (Note contract only went live 1 July)
SONIA Futures
- Record Open Interest (OI) at 3,068,287 (31st July)
SONIA Options
- Record Open Interest (OI) at 7,439,201 (31st July)
MPC Dated SONIA Futures
- Record volume month at 699,543
- Record Open Interest (OI) at 15,903 (31st July)
Products in focus
ECB Dated ESTR Futures
- ECB Dated ESTR Futures is a cash settled future based on the interest rate accrued over an ECB Reserve Maintenance Period
- Sits alongside our existing, liquid 3 - month ESTR contract and offers significant margin offsets
- Cash settled
MPC Dated SONIA Futures
- Get direct exposure to the Bank of England’s rate decisions via our latest STIR innovation
- Futures dates mirror the exact MPC rate setting dates
- Sits alongside our existing, liquid 3-month SONIA contract and offers significant margin offsets
- Cash settled
- Launched February 24
Medium Gilt Futures
- ICE Medium Gilt Futures contract is a future deliverable into eligible UK government debt securities with maturities of 4 years to 6 years & 3 months and an original term to maturity of 11 years or less
- Functionality to execute Medium Gilt futures vs Long Gilt futures as a one line spread via the inter-commodity spread (ICS). Trades in a 2:1 ratio
- Trades alongside Long Gilt Futures & Options and Ultra Long Gilt Futures